Fleshing-machine.



' ments in Fleshin'g Machines and I do hereby shaft,'either by band and pulley or by inter drawing forming part of the present applithe tubular shaft 3 bym'eans of the set screws section taken centrally through the knife and the knife may be driven when desired, a belt suitable manner.

' NirED STATES PATEX'E (OFFICE. 1- f f LAURENTE RUPP, or nRooKLY-N, NEW Yonm rLEsmNe-mcm.

' Specification oiLettera Patent;

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LAUREN-TE RUPP, a l citizen of the United States, residing at 153 Chauncey street, Brooklyn, in the State of i New York, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvedeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invent-ion, such as g will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same-Q E The invention to be hereinafter described ,1 relates to fieshing machines, and more espet cially' to a particular construction of drive shaft for rotating the knife. i

Broadly s eakin it comprises a rotary; cylinder'kni e, a tubular shaft for operating the same, split sleeve bearings for holding the shaft, an inner' gage adjustably mountedi within the cylinder knife, means for ad usting the gage and means for driving the knife I meshing gears.

In order to more clearly disclose the construction, operation and use of the invention,

reference, should be had to the accompanying cation.

Throughout the drawing like reference characters designate the same parts.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a longitudinal its hollow shaft; and, Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2+2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

,A post. or pedestal 1 of any desired construction may be used. To the upper end of j the 0st is secured a split sleeve 2 adapted to free y and revolublyreceive a hollow tubular shaft 3. The knife4 is providedwith an integral'hub 5 which overlies the forward end 5 of the tubular shaft 3 and is keyed to it. To

orother like device, a drive pulley 6 by which or band of well known character being used to connect the pulley 6 with any desired driving machinery. a i

Between the hub 5 and the split sleeve 2 is disposed a collar 7 provided with a beveled pinion 8. This collar is normally locked to 9 and its pinion S is normally in mesh with a similar pinion 10 which may be driven in any Thus, if it is desired to drive the knife from the pulley 6, it is only,

! necessary to looseni-tthe-set screws 9 and free the collar]. Likewiise, when drivin by the gears S and 10 thepulley 6 should e similarly freed. In way the knife may be either positively driiven bythe gears 8 and 10 or it may bedr'riven frictionally by the pulleyfi.

In machines of tlhis kind it is absolutely essential to regulateaexactly the de th of the cut made by the lirnife. The only racti cable way in whichithjs can be done is y the use of adjustable gzages. To this end an Eatented Sept. 22,

outer ga e 11 is prmvlded which fits closely around theouter fame of the knife and may be adjusted toward sand from its cutting edge,

such adjustment hinwever forming no part,

of the present invemtion. Cooperating with this outer gage 11 amid the knife 4 is an inner gage 12 provided wiith a long solid shaft 13 adapted to slide witlhin the shaft 3 and to be adjusted l'ongitudinailly therein, as be later disclosed. The! shaft 13 is sufliciently long to allow a portiton thereof to project be yond the main partuof the split sleeve 2, at all times; This proijecting portion extends into and is clampedl-lby a reduced extended portion 14 of the spliit sleeve, said portion 14 I eing provided witi'h a' separate clamping screw. Thus, whem the projecting portion of the shaft is seateeil within the sleeve 01'- tion 11 it may be tightly, clamped and old against any tendency to rotate with the hollow shaft or to movellongitudinally through it.

The means for adjjustin of the split sleeve jport-ion 14 and an adjusting thumb sereiw 16 threaded through the cap and into tlhe end of the shaft 13, shoulders 17 on theiscrew contacting with the cap 15. Thus,. lby simply turning the thumb screw 16 in 01118 direction or the other I the gage 12 may be ffed forward or backward this hub is detachably keyed, by a set screw the portion 14 of fzthe split sleeve. The,

thumb screw 16 is tlnen threaded into the end of the shaft and turnied to adjust the gage as desired. When adjjusted a suitable clamp ing screw, of well limown construction, is

the gage, 12 com- 9e prises a cap plate 153 over lying the rear end turned to tighten tlhe portion 14 about the L110 end of the shaft, tthus preventing further movement of the shaift in any direction.- It

will be understood, of course, that the outer g'age'll is' previously adjusted to the de-- the hollow shaft and its knife 4. 1 'In operation the hide to befieshed is drawn downwardly across' the edge of the gage 12,

over the broad edge of the rapidly rotating 1 knife 41, and across the edge of the gage 11.

several parts-of the machine, that many other that many substitutions for them may be resorted to withoutin anv way departing from the field and scope of the invention and it is meant to include all such within this application, wherein only a preferred form has been shown and describe Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claiiii as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. 'In a fleshing machine, a. bearing, a 1101- low shaft revolubly mounted therein, and a gage provided with a shaft mounted -in' said hollov' shaft.

2. In a' fieshing machine, a bearing, a holprovided with a shaftadjustab'ly mounted in said hollow shaft, and nieansfor adjusting said second named shaft.

4. In a fleshing machine, a bearing, a 1101- low shaftrevolubly mounted therein, asgage provided with a shaft adjustably mounted in It is clear that many changes may be made m the construction and arrangement of the 3 said hollow shaft, means for adjusting said second named shaft and means for holding I said second named shaft in adjusted position. combinations of these parts may be had and 5. In a fleshing machine, a bearing, a 1101-- low shaft 'revolubly mounted therein, a gage provided with a shaft adjustably mounted in said hollow shaft, and means for adjusting said second named shaft, said means comprising a cap plate and a thumb-screw threaded through said cap plate and into the shaft of the gage and adapted to feed said shaft longitudinally, as desired.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand-in the presence of two witnesses.

LAURENTE RUPP. Witnesses:

Oscan P. HORCH, W. S. BABCOUK. 

